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Sodium metabisulfite--a marker for cosmetic allergy?
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It is hypothesize that a reaction to sodium metabisulfite may be a marker for sulfite allergy in cosmetics and might account for some of the unexplained positives in previous reports.Abstract:
A 45-year-old woman developed dermatitis of the face after she applied a cosmetic package comprising day and night creams. Patch tests were performed with the British Contact Dermatitis Society (BCDS) standard, bases + preservatives, and cosmetic series in addition to samples of both creams and the individual constituents. She had positive tests to both cosmetic creams, sodium sulfite from the manufacturer's samples (5% white soft paraffin (WSP)), and sodium metabisulfite (1% pet) in our bases + preservatives battery. Sodium sulfite is a constituent of both cosmetic creams. We assume that the positive test to sodium metabisulfite is a cross-reaction. We hypothesize that a reaction to sodium metabisulfite may be a marker for sulfite allergy in cosmetics and might account for some of the unexplained positives in previous reports.read more
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Sulfite contact allergy
TL;DR: In the last 2 years, 2,894 consecutive eczematous patients were patch tested with sodium metabisulfite 1% pet, and positive reactions were elicited in 50 subjects, with only 5 out of 43 non‐occupational cases was the positive reaction considered relevant.
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Consecutive patch testing with sodium sulfite in eczema patients
TL;DR: This data presents the data from 1762 consecutive patients tested with sodium sulfite 1% pet for allergic contact dermatitis over a 25-year period and indicates that the prevalence of Type N allergic reactions to Sodium sulfite is unknown.
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Type IV hypersensitivity to sodium metabisulfite in local anaesthetic
TL;DR: A patient received an anaesthetic injection for a biopsy of a suspected basal cell carcinoma on the left forearm that consisted of, among other constituents, lidocaine 2% with adrenaline, and experienced a burning sensation, erythema and swelling at site of the injection after 48 hr.
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Sulfite-induced urticaria.
J Belchi-Hernandez,J F Florido-Lopez,J L Estrada-Rodriguez,F Martinez-Alzamora,C Lopez-Serrano,J A Ojeda-Casas +5 more
TL;DR: A case of urticaria induced by metabisulfites is presented, unable to identify a pathogenic mechanism, in a nonasthmatic patient without asthma.
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Concomitant sensitivity to sodium metabisulfite and clobetasone butyrate in Trimovate cream.
D. A. Harrison,A. G. Smith +1 more
TL;DR: A 75-year-old-woman who was prescribed TrimovateA (GlaxoSmith Kline, ) cream for vulval soreness developed a worsening of symptoms and, after 10days, a more widespread, florid, eczematous eruption involving particularly the face and eyelids but also the back and upper arms.